Back from Tekong resort.
Yeah... actually I agree with what our Officer Commanding said... we're there to keep fit and we're paid for it! Food and lodging provided... with a gym and a swimming pool (that is, if you have the time to march there...)... it's almost like a condominium!
Heh... OK lah... except for the lack of time and some freedom, life at Tekong as a PES C recruit is wonderful.
Feedback on how we're fed
Well, when we just went to BMTC, we had to finish our meals by the time set by our sergeant... and of course, we're "not to make the sergeant wait".
But there were times when, oh, just take a bloody look at the queue!
So, some smart guy gave a suggestion... the last guy in the platoon to collect his meal will report to the sergeant who will then set the time by which we're to finish eating.
And I tell you... it's a much better system!
2-day-2-night book-in
Last Thursday night we booked in after the Chinese New Year break, just to go for training on Friday (whole day) and Saturday (morning).
We witnessed the power of the M-16 S1 rifle we saw the round hit stuff like sandbags and concrete slabs... the only letdown was that they didn't show what the baby would do to a watermelon.
They did give us a description of it, though... small entrance, big exit. Well, I've heard Maoxin's more detailed narration on that process many times already...
Another highlight of that day was the 3 km route march... we marched 2km before, but this time, in addition to marching around the school and the coastal route (a part of which smelled of sewage), there was a route in the wilderness as well... I really enjoy singing during the march, except that most of us did not know the songs they're leading us in singing...
I think they should give us the lyrics of the songs we're to sing beforehand... and it's only recently that I learnt that we have 2 song IC's in our platoon. Hmm...
Saturday morning we did another circuit training and I got OWNED by the Star Jump and Dips stations... and after that, we cleaned the barrels of our rifles (it's the first time I'm doing it!), sent our arms to the Armskote, had lunch,and signed on the Book-in-book-out-book (I call it the BIBOB... rhymes with be-bop). And just before falling in for book-out...
...it rained.
Goodness, it's the first time it rained since I went to BMTC!
Originally we're to fall in and march in the rain towards the jetty because our platoon commander believed that "we wouldn't melt in the rain". However, in the end we were so slow in falling in that he dropped the plan and we all jogged towards the jetty... haha.
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Got to book in tonight again... and I'm not complaining!
